Religion Spirituality Quotes

“I used to pray that God would feed the hungry, or do this or that, but now I pray that he will guide me to do whatever I'm supposed to do, what I can do. I used to pray for answers, but now I'm praying for strength. I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us and we change things.”
― Mother Teresa

“Just because I'm choosy about what I want - in this case, enlightenment, or peace, instead of money or prestige or fame or any of those things - doesn't mean I'm not as egotistical and self-seeking as everybody else.”
― J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

“Your beliefs don't make you a better person, your behavior does.”
― Sukhraj Dhillon

“Be brave. Be free from philosophies, prophets and holy lies. Go deep into your feelings and explore the mystery of your body, mind and soul. You will find the truth.”
― Amit Ray, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations

“Those of us who embrace the feminine know its strength.”
― Betsy Cornwell

“All religions are man-made; God has not yet revealed himself beyond doubt to anybody.”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“No human being should be maltreated under any circumstances. We are all wonderful creation of God. May we affectionately love one another.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“Each mind conceives god in its own way. There may be as many variation of the god figure as there are people in the world”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“Maybe secrets were part of life; maybe everyone had something they were lying to themselves about, or something they were hiding.
I looked up at the cross again and wondered if I was supposed to hear this particular sermon at this particular moment for a reason. I decided that the people who had said God didn’t love me, who said I didn’t have a place on Earth—they were wrong. God wanted me to live, and this was the only way I knew how to survive, so this was what God wanted. This was what I wanted. I had chosen to live, and it seemed like, finally, I was doing just that.”
― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl

“God is more than able to guide you in the right path. Keep trusting Him.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“Looking behind, I am lifted with gratitude. Looking forward, I am filled with vision. Looking upward, I am filled with strength. Looking within, I discover peace.”
― Dr. Sukhraj Dhillon

“Eat healthy. Work hard. Stay strong. Worry less. Dance more. Love often. Be happy...”
― Sukhraj S. Dhillon, Science, Religion & Spirituality

“Our religion might preach love, but it was based on purity. God was holy and pure; therefore we must be holy and pure. But here was a poor mamzer saying God is love; therefore we must be love.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings

“Aku tak tahu mengapa hari-hari ini aku begitu sering tersentuh. Oleh pohon, oleh, burung, air sungai. Entah mengapa, hal-hal kecil yang memikat yang pernah diajarkan kepada kita, ketika kita mendekat kepada mereka, mereka tampak begitu besar, nyaris suci. Memang melo-dramatis rasanya mengatakan ini semua tetapi aku tak mengada-ada. Kami tahu aku bukan orang yang religius; dulu aku malah suka menegaskan diri bahwa aku tak beragama justru agar para sejawatku tak mengusikku. Tetapi akhir-akhir ini aku merasa, berteduh dalam kesendirian juga pengalaman religius.”
― Laksmi Pamuntjak, The Question of Red

“Religion helps us create a space for God, but it is through spirituality that we are able to find God inside and outside of any defined spaces.”
― Toyin Omofoye

“In the months and years following my participation in the completion of Oracle of Compassion: the Living Word of Kuan Yin, I did, in accordance with the deity’s former declaration—that she would continue sending important dreams, experience many dreams and visitations from Kuan Yin. It was after completing the transcription of some of the Kuan Yin quotes that I fell into a deep slumber. Just before awakening, I dreamt of Kuan Yin standing in my living room directly in front of the marble-tiled fireplace wherein Lena Lees and I would hold prayer circles.
So real was this vision that I could hear the deity’s sweet voice explain that there is a specific meditation for connecting with the Celestial Wisdom! Witnessing Kuan Yin lie face down on the Oriental Carpet with arms outstretched over Her head, I watched as Her thumb and forefinger formed a triangle—the dhyana mudra specifically designated to Kannon called the dhyana mudra displayed by the fourth Dhyani Buddha Amitabha, also known as Amitayus Kuan Yin. It was then that Kuan Yin further explained the significance of this specific mudra; that it acts similar to a capstone on an obelisk—drawing wisdom to one who has demonstrated intention to be a teacher of wisdom.
Aware that Kuan Yin was pointed in a northward direction, I surmised this particular alignment was also a significant aspect of the meditation—that this specific positioning was most ideal for receiving answers for prayers directed to the Her.
Later in the dream, it was confirmed that each person attracts from the universe, realities that are aligned with their specific beliefs and values.”
― Hope Bradford CHt, Kuan Yin Buddhism:: The Kuan Yin Parables, Visitations and Teachings

“Spirituality is your own imagination.

Religion is someone else's imagination.

Both are based on nothing more than wishful thinking.

Science is the search for evidence-based truth. Very different from wishful thinking.”
― Oliver Markus Malloy, Inside The Mind of an Introvert

“People want to hate each other for religion but not love each other for God.”
― Aiyaz Uddin

“The "affirmation" of God, is therefore related to mythical consciousness, but this consciousness is only "provisional" There would vanish the propensity to construct "fictions" and "fables" in which gods and ghosts are introduced to justify matters that can be scientifically explained. We accordingly refuse God's "affirmation" because we want to speed up the birth of scientific consciousness.”
― Kiran Atma

“When human beings free themselves from the dust of the traditions and enter the clean space, they will see the brilliant face of the friend of God and benefit from his presence without any obstruction, in public. At that time ordinances of religion will become something else, and religion will attain its original form and everything will be different.”
― Laurence Galian, Beyond Duality: The Art of Transcendence

“Religion is sacred,an unofficial instruments for interpreting the will of the gods and measuring the doings of men.”
― Manny Godson

“For this storm was a storm that has made me brand new”
― BELINDA A. L. BLAND, Learn to Look Beyond The Storm: Inspirational Poems For Your Journey

“The absence of religion is religion”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov

“There is one thing that most major faiths agree upon, your soul lives on.”
― Jeremy Riden, Your Soul Story

“The purpose of all sacred is to enhance the meaning in our lives. Jung also considers belief as an ontological phenomenon. This phenomenon symbolically participates in people’s world of meaning. When we say that a person is believing, we mean that s/he is awakening the dormant symbols, in other words, possibilities of ideas. The fact that one does not believe means that those symbols lose their vitality for that person and gaps in meanings occur in the mind of the contemporary human.”
― ahmet turan esin, The Void

“Religion is like music; each individual has their own tastes and likes when it comes to music. One can understand the music of another person's choice, even listen to it when they are in a mood, but do they have to like it or listen to it all the time - No. Same goes for Religion - its the music for humans - different for different people with different mindsets and beliefs. Like we don't force music on others, we should never force Religion. It's a choice to believe.”
― Guru Z.S. Gill

“Mordomia não é viver a vida, mordomia é viver um milagre.”
― Osvaldo Yambi

“Mythology is the foundation of religious belief.”
― Priscilla Vogelbacher, The Gods of Genesis

“Earth, dust, ash, and mud are not just yogic ideas or Catholic ones. They are universal ones. Religions are far more similar than they are different.”
― Donna Goddard, Nanima: Spiritual Fiction

“Killing in the name of religion is killing a religion.”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov